Cambodian American

Introduction - Beauty and the dark Cambodia is one of the latest immigrants from Southeast Asia. The beauty and darkness of Cambodia is printed in history. Cambodia is a fertile land, and it is undoubtedly a unique history, dotted with rice fields, famous and breathtaking monuments, ancient temples, arts and crafts, cultural attractions. This country shows one of the seven wonders of the world - famous Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is the largest religious building in Cambodia.

Two American museums are dedicated to the Cambodian story of the United States: the Cambodian Culture Museum of Seattle and the Killing Battlefield Memorial, the Cambodia American Museum of Culture and the Killing Battlefield Memorial of the Chicago were both founded in 2004 . The Seattle Museum was founded by Dara Duong, a survivor of the Cambodian massacre.

Cambodian Americans have won the sympathy of many Americans in 1979 and the early 1980s, when the plight of Thai Cambodian refugees became world news. However, since arriving in the United States several Cambodian unfortunate three dimensional types have been developed. Because the Cambodian culture places emphasis on courtesy and avoids direct conflict, other Americans sometimes stylize it as passive. In elderly people in Cambodia this passive attitude occurs because they are not familiar with the larger American society and English.

Cambodian Americans became a member of American society in a short period of time and formed various organizations. Most of them are designed to help newcomers adapt to American society but they also have information on Cambodian American culture, business and other aspects of Cambodian life in this country Offers. Cambodian American cuisine is served around Santa Ana. Provide English training to Cambodian refugees, provide employment assistance, provide health education courses and child care skills. Cambodian American youth course, including gang prevention program, after school program, and Cambodian course

In the southern part of Jacksonville, Florida, there is a large group of Cambodian-American people. 1,700 descendants of Cambodia live in Jacksonville. In Spartanburg County, South Carolina 1,123 Cambodian-American people live (0.4% of the county). In Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta metropolitan area, there are many very large Cambodian-American communities. In the metropolitan area of ​​New Orleans, especially in Bras of Louisiana there is a Cambodian community, where 9% of Cambodians live. Many Cambodian immigrants living in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, are employed as shrimp and fishermen. There are Cambodian-American in most of Marietta, Georgia, Rock Hill, Georgia, and Riverdale, Georgia. There is a town in Cambodia in Riverdale, Georgia. In Georgia there is a non-profit organization called Georgia America Association, Georgia.